#36B5AD#36B5AD

#36B5AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.108 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5AD
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 173)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 4.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -35.62, -5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 36.11, 189.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.1071 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.108 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5845, 36.8462, 45.2907)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5AD #B5363E

analogous

#36B56D #36B5AD #367DB5

triadic

#36B5AD #AD36B5 #B5AD36

tetradic

#36B5AD #6D36B5 #B5363E #7DB536

square

#36B5AD #6D36B5 #B5363E #7DB536

split-complementary

#36B5AD #B5367D #B56D36

monochromatic

#1A5753 #288680 #36B5AD #5ACEC7 #89DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#36B5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#36B5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5AD

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5AD	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.108 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc5',
    500: '#36b5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5ad;
$custom-light: #80ccc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.22,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70375,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5AD

secondary

#C68185

accent

#4A54DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5AD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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